outside of the comments section, january 10 2012 was my last official post.

definitely been a while.

it’s been a wild year and half. my career has skyrocketed in various different directions. 2012 was full of promotion and travel, i was barely home, and when i was i was squeezing in what work i could to make ends meet. 2013 has been a continuation, though i purposefully cut down on travel in order to refocus on work. while fantastic it’s been a blur. it seems time moves quicker and quicker as you get older and take on more responsibility.

but i wouldn’t change a thing.

things are still busy, but i’m exerting more control rather than blindly riding the wave. over the past two years i’ve talked with many people who have expressed their love of kukuburi, and others who have pronounced it’s TOD.

the one thing that rings true is the statement “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone”, and i miss kukuburi.

over the past month i’ve slowly begun to dust off the proverbial cobwebs as i ramp up towards kukuburi’s imminent return. it’s been almost two years after all. i’m not making an official proclamation of a return date, but rather to let those readers who have been patient know that i am gearing up. realistically, i’m saying early 2014. january or february is my target. currently i’m back to writing and fleshing out the story and doing layouts. next month, i hope to be back to drawing… and when i feel i have a sufficient amount of work completed i will then begin updates again.

in my absence i feel i’ve become a stronger artist, writer, and storyteller, which are all bonuses for kukuburi.

for those who have waited, written, expressed their love of the story, thank you, you have inspired.

with the holidays here, i’ve decided to take a brief… holiday. my year has been full tilt, and while i love working on kukuburi i never rested between the end of working on TALE OF SAND and returning to the comic. so in an effort to relax i shall be taking this (inadvertently) and the next two weeks off.